...Philip C. Brown OBITUARIES 879 MARTIN BRONFENBRENNER 1914-1997 Martin Bronfenbrenner died June 2, 1997 after a brief illness this spring. He was the Kenan Professor of Economics at Duke, where he has taught for many years. He was actively involved in the formation of Asia Pacific Studies Institute...

...William T. Rowe; Joshua A. Fogel; Madeleine Zelin Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 Obituaries C. MARTIN WILBUR (1907-1997) C. Martin Wilbur, George Sansom Professor Emeritus of Chinese History at Columbia University, died in Haverford, Pennsylvania, on June 18...

...Parks M. Coble, Jr Perspectives on a Changing China: Essays in Honor of Professor C. Martin Wilbur on the Occasion of His Retirement . Edited by Joshua A. Fogel and William T. Rowe . Boulder : Westview Press , 1979 . xiv, 325 pp. Notes, Bibliography of the Publications of C. Martin...

...Joyce C. White Engaging Asia: Essays on Laos and Beyond in Honour of Martin Stuart-Fox . Edited by Desley Goldston . Copenhagen : Nordic Institute of Asian Studies , 2019 . xxiv, 478 pp. ISBN: 9788776942540 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2020 2020...

...Christiane Hammer; Karen Finney-Kellerhoff Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2000 2000 224 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES HELMUT MARTIN (MA HANMAO) (1940-1999) With the untimely passing of Helmut Martin on June 8, 1999, German sinology has lost one of its most dedicated...

..., engaging, and brief. It is a fine addition to the reading list of any general Southeast Asia course, as well as a good read for courses on culture and politics. RONALD LUKENS-BULL Saint Martin's College Gender Ideology and Psychological Reality: An Essay on Cultural Reproduction. By MELFORD E. SPIRO. New...

...Martin Ramstedt Abstract The article focuses on the spiritual capital negotiated in the Indian-Indonesian networks of an Indian Hindu missionary currently living in Bali. These networks bridge different social groups and thereby foster—like the American mainline Protestant churches examined...

...James V. Martin, Jr Abstract World War II brought a degree of complexity and intensity to Thai-American relations that contrasted sharply with their quiet uneventfulness in the era preceding it. Before the war, Thai relations with the United States had been friendly, but not close since Thailand...

...Samuel E. Martin The Action-Qualifying Particles NO and GA in the Subordinate Clauses of Classical Japanese . By Ellegiers Daniel . Tokyo : The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science , 1954 . iv, 146 . Indices. 900 yen or $3.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

...Charles E. Martin Security in the Pacific. A preliminary report of the ninth conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations . Edited By T. A. Bisson and Bruno Lasker . New York : Institute of Pacific Relations , 1945 . xiii, 169 p. $2.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian...

...John A. Martin Equity in Public Employment Across Nations . Edited by Krishna K. Tummala . Lanham, Md. : University Press of America , 1989 . xii, 245 pp. $28.75 (cloth); $15.50 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1990 1990 114 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

...Brian G. Martin Abstract The complex relationship that developed between Du Yuesheng's Shanghai Green Gang group and the Guomindang regime in the mid-1930s provides useful insights into the nature of the Nanjing government's rule and, in particular, into the manner it exercised power in its...

...Michael F. Martin The Challenge of Japan Before World War II and After . By Nazli Choucri , Robert C. North , and Susumu Yamakage . New York : Routledge, Chapman and Hall , 1992 . xxix, 383 pp. $59.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1994 1994 BOOK REVIEWS...

...Carol Martin The Kathakali Complex: Actor, Performance, and Structure . By Phillip Zarrilli . New Delhi : Abhinav Publications , 1984 . xxiii, 406 pp. Plates, Figures, Diagrams, Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $160. (Distributed in the United States by Humanities Press...

...Holly E. Martin Études Song (Sung Studies). In Memoriam Étienne Balazs . Ser. II/Civilisation 2. Edited by Françoise Aubin . Paris : Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1980 . N.p. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA 571...

... The World Economic Crisis and Japanese Capitalism. By M A K O T O I T O H . New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. xvi, 263 pp. $45.00. According to the author, this book had been ten years in the making and, as a reader of Itoh's other books written in English, I assumed that this, too, would be a study...

...Nancy M. Martin Upholding the Common Life: The Community of Mirabai . By Parita Mukta . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1994 . xv, 269 pp. $24.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 239 Upholding the Common Life...

...Samuel E. Martin 144 T H E J O U R N A L OF A S I A N S T U D I E S Those who are not bothered by matters of representation and the use of rhetoric in ethnography will find this a useful volume, which describes a critically important period in the lives of Japanese children. Anyone interested...